Dragonfly

Album: The Elephant Riders (1998)
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  • Could've been a swan on a glassy lake
    Could've been a gull in a clipper's wake
    Could've been a ladybug on a wind chime
    But she was born a dragonfly

    In the sun she warmed her wings
    And listened to the cicadas sing
    "The trees are all bending
    In one direction
    Because of something"

    Cross-pollination by the legs of bees in the spring
    Is a beautiful thing
    Oh when the sun goes down
    The fireflies come out

    In a pond crept a slimy thing
    That hummed a theme from the Rites of Spring

    Pity the mate of Queen Mantis
    So content, but so headless
    Katy did nothing but shiver and cry
    As did the dragonfly

    In the shade the gypsies spin
    Among the cloves, they drop their skin
    "Beyond the hedge grove
    Over by the willows
    Deep in the shadows"

    Regeneration occurs at a furious speed
    Beneath the white oak tree
    And when the sun comes up
    Moon buds fold up

    In the sun she warmed her wings
    And listened to the Rites of Spring

    Could've been a swan on a glassy lake
    Could've been a gull in a clipper's wake
    Could've been a ladybug on a wind chime
    But she was born a dragonfly

    "Ain't ever seen it, but I have heard it
    Sounds like the millstones when they are turning
    But every moment getting louder and louder
    And then there is silence
    And the smell of flowers" Writer/s: Dan Maines, Jean-Paul Gaster, Neil Fallon, Tim Sult
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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